Quicksilver 2S UNREG

Summary

On 20 August 2014 at about 01:00 local time, a Quicksilver 2S registered UNREG was involved in an accident near Frontenac, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 August 2014 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Frontenac, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

44.5150, -92.3661

Aircraft

Quicksilver 2S

Registration

UNREG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Frontenac → Frontenac

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CEN14CA479

Nobody was injured.

The loss of engine power during cruise due to fuel exhaustion resulting in a forced landing on a cornfield.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The non-certificated pilot reported that the airplane fuel tank contained one gallon of gasoline prior to departure. The pilot departed in his unregistered airplane on a local flight and monitored the fuel in the fuel tank line during the flight. He said the fuel line indicated that there was three inches of fuel in the fuel tank. The engine lost power about a half hour into the flight and one mile from its destination. The pilot made a forced landing on a cornfield, and the airplane sustained substantial fuselage damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the accident flight. His safety recommendation stated that he should not have flown with so little fuel, and he should not have trusted the fuel level he saw in the line.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.